Shade for electric lamps.



N. C. BEBIN.

SHADE FOB. ELECTRIC LAMPE.

APPLIUATION FILED ma, 12. wou` Patented Nov. 16, 1909,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

C. WIENER, OF PHILA- DELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHADE FOR ELECTRIC LAMPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

Application filed March 12, 1906. Serial No. 305,525.

T o all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, NnLLm C. BnnrN, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and residing at London, England, have invented a new and usefulShade for Electric Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

Objects of the present invention are to provide comparativelyinexpensive and very decorative shades which shall present an attractiveand durable appearance and may be employed for producing soft andagreeable illuminations and also a great variety of different effects.

To these and other ends hereinafter set forth the invention, stated ingeneral terms, comprises a shade consisting of a reticulated bodyportion of beads or the like adapted to envelop the globe, tube or bulbof the lamp and having securing means and being decorated in whole or inpart by means of ornaments of material, such as glass, and ofappropriate forms such as flowers, fruits, conventional designs or thelike.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of my invention will bemore fully understood from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and which illustratein elevation one type of shade embodying features of the invention inapplication to an electric lightv of usual construction.

In the drawings l, is a reticulated body portion adapted by making itbag-shaped to the bulb 2, of the lamp. The shape of the reticulated bodyportion may be varied and changed so as to tit it to the particular sizeor variety of globe, tube or bulb with which it is intended to be used.The reticulated body portion comprises a frame or skeleton as of wiresupon which are strung glass beads or like ornaments 3, of the same or ofdifferent colors as may be required.

4, is an adjustable holder or clamp for securing the shade to place andit is connected with the body portion. As shown this holder or clampconsists of a number of rods or bars 5, pivoted to ether as at 6, so asto constitute an expansi le ring which may be passed over the lamp bulband then contracted around its neck portion so as to secure the shade toplace.

a, indicates a hook or fastening which,

when present, may be employed for holding the ring in contractedpositlon. As shown the wires or strands of the body portion are attachedto the ring, holder or clamp 4, so that the shade, as a whole, dependstherefrom.

7, are ornaments shown as of lioral design but not limited to anyspecial design and they are secured to the meshes of the body portion,for example, by perforating them and tying them by means of wires or thelike 8. In the drawings the ornaments 7, are confined to the lowerportion of the shade but this is not necessary be variously arranged.

In use the reticulated body portion, while ornamental in itself,constitutes also an attractive back-ground upon which the ornaments 7,are displayed and by employing more or less translucent andappropriately colored materials for the body portion and ornaments 7, itis possible to produce varied, beautiful and attractive color effects.Furthermore the structure of the shade is such that it is comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture and capable of application to a variety ofelectric lamps of different shapes and kinds.

By the foregoing description I do not intend to limit the invention tothe character of the ornaments employed nor to anyl special eolor orcombination of colors nor to any particular degree of translucency ofmaterial, but

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

An ornamental lamp shade comprising a clamp or holder, a bag shapedskelet-on consisting of a flexible diagonal mesh network substantiallyas shown of wires having beads strung upon them, the shape of thenetwork being variable to fit diierent globes and the like, strings ofbeads connecting the clamp or holder and the meshes of the network, andornaments superposed on the network and secured thereto.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

NELLIE C. BEBIN. In the presence of- W. J. JACKSON, FRANK E. FRENCH.

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